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Vision
In a world of future fossil fuel decline, our intention(s) as permaculture consultants is to create planetary regeneration through thoughtful ecological design and individual empowerment.
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Design Work
Are you interested in transforming your land into one of plentiful abundance using permaculture design principles and ethics? We are free to answer questions over email, talk on skype, design from afar or make a visit to your…
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Education
We want to spread permaculture design, tools and straetegies by teaching it to as many people as possible. More than just teaching, we want to offer our students a transformative experience, where we hold space for each individual…
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Natural Building
Because your house is like your second skin. Because healthy houses create thriving people. Because our hands are powerful tools. Because a house is a right. And you are the architect.
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Finished and ongoing projects
Check out some of the projects we are working on and have completed!
Vision
In a world of future fossil fuel decline, our intention(s) as permaculture consultants is to create planetary regeneration through thoughtful ecological design and individual empowerment.
What we do
The unique organization of Surplus Permaculture Design allows us to offer a wide range of services. We have designers based on 4 continents and a network of graduates extending all over the world ready to come and help….
Our Designers
Meet the founders and core designers of Surplus Permaculture Design. Not only are they highly professional and competent but also a lot of fun!
New
Sustainability audit by Brecht Deriemaeker and Nick Tittle in Kunming, China
Brecht and Nick were asked by their former Permaculture student Venkatesh Dharmray, to do a full permaculture evaluation of all their systems in the three branches of the Chinese Ecovillage Life Chanyuan. The sites equal 600 hundred acres,…
New main building at the Panya Project
In January 2013, Christian Shearer and Geoffroy Godeau of the Surplus Design team coordinated and supervised the rebuild of the biggest natural building ever built at the Panya Project. The new main building measures twenty meter long, seven…
Permaculture Principles
"The 12 Permaculture Principles are thinking tools, that when used together, allow us to creatively re-design our environment and our behavior in a world of less energy and resources." – David Holmgren, cofounder of the Permaculture movement –
Patterns
As patterns seem to be very abstract and perhaps difficult to grasp, they do go to the deepest essence of our being and the world that surrounds us. Deep under the apparent chaos in nature lies a simple,…
18 Day Compost
In a compost pile, microbial life transforms organic material and waste products into soluble plant nutrients. By making high quality compost, it is possible to recycle nutrients, add life to the soil and increase the soil fertility. It…